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United Academics of Maryland-University of Maryland (UAM-UMD). Affiliated: AAUP (@aaup.bsky.social), AFT (@aftunion.bsky.social). RT&Follow≠Approve. Join now & help us make University of Maryland a better place to work for all: https://tinyurl.com/4z3b6rn3
When students lose financial aid, it changes the financial landscape for our colleges and universities. Workers bear the impact. Jobs get cut and programs closed. Join us Tues 9/1 at 7pm ET for a virtual Town Hall on the fight to protect and expand Pell Grants. Register: tinyurl.com/PellTownHall
“It seems like the new strategy now is to threaten litigation, and then to move the institutions into negotiations.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Trump's higher ed shakeup starts a new semester
Universities are raising red flags about proposed changes to federal assistance.
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Where is the $$ going to come from if it doesn’t come from federal grants & it doesn’t come from foreign students paying full freight & it doesn’t come from in-state students because we freeze tuition again? Maybe someone should get in front of microphones & explain this to voters & alums & parents?
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2w agoAn existential fiscal, research, & teaching crisis for UW & so many other universities, on top of the existential crisis posed by cuts to federal funding. The entire business model fails without foreign students & federal $. Where are our leaders in public explaining this? bsky.app/profile/mcop...
How New Visa Limits Are Already Affecting Colleges Fifteen institutions submitted testimony explaining how the rule, which allows international students to stay in the U.S. for only four years without an extension, is already impacting their campuses. https://bit.ly/3SMWu0p #EDUSky #AcademicSky
Rest in Power, Dolly Parton. Did you know the below labor union - Dolly Parton connection?
Michael Sainato@msainato.bsky.social · 2w agoDolly Parton's 9to5 film was based on a grassroots organizing labor movement led by women www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Join @aaup.org and @aft.org in Dropping ICE, shopping local & union, and skipping buying anything at Target until they take a stand against ICE!
AAUP@aaup.org · 2w agoTarget has failed to protect its community in Minneapolis from ICE’s trampling of basic rights & undermining public safety. With the AFT, we urge you to shop locally & shop at union-strong stores. Show Target what community really means. Shop smart, not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org
And if you're not a member? Well you should be. Dues scale with income and they fund the national lawsuits and the local organizing (like the lunch we ordered for new organizer training!). What are you waiting for?
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Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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The AAUP & AFT condemn the recent directive from the War Dept that publicly places 30 universities under suspicion & gives them 2 weeks to investigate years of academic activity. The directive represents another threat of funding-based coercion that undermines scientific research & innovation.
Department of War Directive Undermines Scientific Innovation. It Should Be Rescinded.
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Target has failed to protect its community in Minneapolis from ICE’s trampling of basic rights & undermining public safety. With the AFT, we urge you to shop locally & shop at union-strong stores. Show Target what community really means. Shop smart, not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org
Join us in NOT shopping at Target! More here: www.shopsmart.aft.org
Shop Smart, Not Target
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AAUP@aaup.org · 2w agoTarget has failed to protect its community in Minneapolis from ICE’s trampling of basic rights & undermining public safety. With the AFT, we urge you to shop locally & shop at union-strong stores. Show Target what community really means. Shop smart, not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org
Amen! J.O.I.N (or start!) Y.O.U.R U.N.I.O.N! Are you a campus worker? Join @aaup.org today: www.aaup.org/join And get organizing with us.
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Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 2w agoGetting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
#Solidarity with our labor siblings @sbworkersunited.org!
Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2w ago🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
@aaup.org and AFT Higher Ed oppose Trump’s Compact 2.0!
"Higher education is not a luxury...It expands opportunity. It advances scientific discovery. It educates the people who build our economy. It prepares citizens to govern themselves. And it creates knowledge that no market can produce on its own." - @proftwolf.bsky.social @aaup.org
Who Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)
It wasn’t the AAUP.
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“Academic workers did not create this crisis. But we intend to fix it by building a system of higher education worthy of this country—affordable & accessible to every qualified student, governed once again by those who teach & learn within it.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president #academicsky
Who Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)
It wasn’t the AAUP.
insidehighered.com
Yep, yep, yep! inthesetimes.com/article/affo... Tripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note. If you are a campus worker in a higher ed space, we got a union for you! Join @aaup.org and get organizing with us!
Affordability's Key Ingredient Is Union Power
Tripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note.
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Jordan’s best option among plans is the Income-Contingent Repayment, and under this plan, her new monthly payment is $3,900, almost five times the original amount. “There’s no way on God’s green Earth I can afford that payment,” she said. Jordan is 70. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
The Plan 8 Million Student Loan Borrowers Were Counting On Just Disappeared
As the Biden-era SAVE plan ends, borrowers are facing unaffordable bills, lost payment records, and errors that have falsely put some into default.
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Incredible group of essays! Do take a look. Including one by our EC member, @ajdouglas.bsky.social!
Jonathan Feingold@jpygold.bsky.social · 4w ago1/ here to blurb all 13 essays from @bulaw.bsky.social “The University & Democracy” special issue. Incisive, sharp, provocative analysis abt why universities keep cowering & colluding w segregationists & authoritarians. @aaup.org #CLC #SNDHE long 🧵w highlights from each. www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...
Question is: what is the most effective way to stop this? The answer: organize and unionize with your colleagues! Join @aaup.org: www.aaup.org/join And get organizing with us.
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Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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AAUP@aaup.org · last mo.Trump is waging a “Khmer Rouge-esque war on American science & intellectual achievement writ large,” escalating the climate crisis while systematically gutting the research needed to predict, mitigate, & survive it. #academicsky
US research excels because generations of scientists have been free to pursue difficult questions, challenge conventional wisdom, and publish findings without political interference. The Trump admin wants to change that. @afthighered.bsky.social Full statement: www.aaup.org/news/aaup-af...
AAUP, AFT Reject Trump’s Radical Plans to Overhaul Scientific Research Funding
AAUP President Todd Wolfson and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued a statement in response to the Trump administration’s proposal to transform how the federal government funds research.
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Be sure to read this if you haven't already!
AAUP@aaup.org · 2mo agoOUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵
Trump is waging a “Khmer Rouge-esque war on American science & intellectual achievement writ large,” escalating the climate crisis while systematically gutting the research needed to predict, mitigate, & survive it. #academicsky
The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready. - The American Prospect
Donald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change.
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New #RaceClass Podcast is out. We dive into Texas GOP's assault on its own universities. Lots of tactics, strategies & people(!) plucked straight from DeSantis' own effort to resegregate & undermine Florida's once heralded institutions. soundcloud.com/user-8088721...
Ep. 66 | Why Education Scares Texas' GOP
Why is Texas' GOP so scared to educate their own students? Jon & Arnie discuss the rising repression across Texas' public universities. The Texas state legislature, with help from handpicked rightwing
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Jonathan Feingold@jpygold.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's come to this. The people are standing up to protect Texas' public universities from their own administrators & government. *People’s Hearing on Protecting Ethnic and Women’s and Gender Studies in Texas Higher Education* Wednesday, August 12, 2026 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Be sure to check out this incredible recap thread from @local6741.bsky.social on the @aaup.org advocacy chapters' participation at the @aft.org convention! Amazing stuff, ya'll.
United Academics@local6741.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe rolled deep at the @aft.org convention this year. We got our resolution on pre-contract unionism passed unanimously. We built relationships with our amazing union siblings. And now we more ready than ever to go back to our campuses and communities and build power through organizing! 🧵
organize, plan, propose -- we do not need NLRB recognition or a collective bargaining agreement (CBA/contract). organize!!!!!!
United Academics@local6741.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Pre-contract unionism" is another way to describe what all workplace organizing looked like before many workers fought for and won collective bargaining rights. That fight continues today with our recent AFT convention resolution to support pre-contract unionism in higher ed. @aaup.org @aft.org
AAUP’s @local6741.bsky.social has nearly doubled in size, and they continue to expand their reach across various colleges and universities.
🔥❤️🔥❤️ Check out this whole thread. Pure 🔥
United Academics@local6741.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe rolled deep at the @aft.org convention this year. We got our resolution on pre-contract unionism passed unanimously. We built relationships with our amazing union siblings. And now we more ready than ever to go back to our campuses and communities and build power through organizing! 🧵
Welcome and give our colleagues at @nfaatunr.bsky.social some love & follow them!
NFA at UNR@nfaatunr.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlright friends, we've been on Bluesky a bit, time to tell you who we are! First, we're the Nevada Faculty Alliance at the University of Nevada, Reno, the independent voice of the faculty. We represent our members at the local, state, and national level together with @aaup.org and @aft.org
Brilliant 🧵! Now, how do we get serious about fighting this? Gotta organize & UNIONIZE our academic colleagues! The power we as organized labor can exert on the economic & political system is far greater than shallow mobilization efforts. Join @aaup.org: www.aaup.org/join Get organizing!
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Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2mo ago1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.